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Read the following excerpt about the Communicative...

Read the following excerpt about the Communicative Methodology:


“This redefinition of goals had a knock-on effect in terms of methodology: the focus on communicating messages – as opposed to rehearsing structural patterns – created the need for activities that encouraged some kind of meaningful exchange, as in information- gap tasks, and, in order to practice functional language, role plays and simulations became standard practice. And since communicative competence implies the capacity to communicate one’s meanings irrespective of formal accuracy, fluency was prioritized, reinforcing the trend towards incorporating less-controlled production activities within the PPP format. For similar reasons, the use of authentic reading and listening materials was promoted, and classroom procedures for minimizing the difficulties of these – such as the use of skimming and scanning strategies – became commonplace “


THORNBURY, 2011, p. 188-189. In: SIMPSON, J. (Ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Applied

Linguistics. London: Routledge, 2011.


Which statement best exemplifies this methodology in language learning?


A

Students are given a list of sentences in their native language and asked to translate them into English.


B

The teacher provides a sentence, such as “He plays football,” and asks students to conjugate the verb for different subjects: "I play football," "She plays football," etc.


C

Students are given a scenario, such as planning a holiday or organizing an event, and must work together to create a dialogue, acting out situations they might face in real life.


D

Students are given a list of vocabulary words and their definitions and are asked to memorize them for a quiz.